Why synthetic phonics?“Synthetic phonics offers the vast majority

of young children the best and most direct route to becoming skilled readers and writers” Sir Jim Rose

Rose Review of Reading 2006

Synthetic phonics is the ability to convert a letter or letter group into sounds that are then blended together into a word.

Why Read Write Inc Phonics?

Tried and tested over many years

Systematic and structured

Early success in reading

Training and ongoing staff development

What is Read Write Inc Phonics?

A rapid Learn to read programme

so children can…

Read to learn for the rest of their lives

Who is it for?

4 year olds plus

Older children who need to ‘catch-up’

Children new to English

How does it work?Children: Learn 44 sounds and matching

letters/letter groups

Learn to blend sounds to read words

Read lots of specially written books

This is decoding

How does it work?

Children: Talk a lot about what they have read to

show they understand

Listen to and discuss other ideas to deepen understanding

This is comprehendingWe do lots of talking in partners

Sounds

All words are made up of sounds

In English there are 44

Graphemes

A grapheme is a sound written down English has more than 150 graphemes There are more than 150 ways to represent the 44 sounds

using our 26 alphabet letters A complex code!

You

Chart

This chart shows the most usual graphemes for the 44 sounds

The complex English alphabetic code

Learning the code Children learn a simple code first

play mayk trayn cafay strayt wayt brayk

green dreem kee hee happee

light kight fligh Igh igh tigh

blow smowk flowt gow mowst

moon broot bloo groo

If English had a simple code spelling and reading would be much easier!!

c-a-t ch-a-t l-igh-t c-r-a-sh

Fred... Fred helps children learn to read

Fred can only talk in sounds...

(Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat)

We call this Fred Talk

If children understand Fred they can blend orally

Blending is needed for reading

Fred...

Fred... Fred helps children learn to spell as

well! Children convert words into sounds

They press the sounds they hear on to their fingers...

We call this Fred Fingers

f l m n r s v z sh th ng

nk

b c d g h j p qu

t w x y ch

k

a e i o u ay ee igh ow

oo oo ar or air ir ou oy

Set 1 sounds Set 2 sounds

Consonants: stretchy

Vowels: stretchy

Consonants: bouncy

Vowels: bouncy

f l m n r s v z sh th ngnk

ffph

llle

mmmb

nnkn

rrwr

sssecce

ve zzs

tici

b ck

d g h j p qu t w x y ch

bb ckch

dd gg gge

dge

pp tt wh tch

a e i o u ay ee igh ow

ea a_eai

yeae

i_eiei

o_eoao

oo oo ar or air ir ou oy ire ear ure

u_eueew

oororeawau

are urer

ow oi

Nonsense words These words are made up

They ensure that all children understand the sounds and don’t just memorise words

We assess children on real words and nonsense words to ensure that they have a full understanding

Assessment We assess children reading every day

informally through hearing them read with their partner

As RWI manager I assess each child to be able to group them

The children also have a phonics screening check in Year one

Phonics Screening check This takes place once a year for Year one

children in June The children are tested on their set 1, 2

and 3 sounds with real words and nonsense

The pass mark is high – 32 out of 40 If your child scores less than 32 they will

re take the check in the June of Year 2.

Storybooks and Get Writing Books

Film of RWI in action!

So how can you help your child? By knowing the 44 sounds

By knowing how to blend using Fred Talk for reading m_a_t

And... By having fun with Fred Talk at home!

“What a tidy r-oo-m!”“Where’s your c-oa-t?” “Time for b-e-d!”

back, head, tum, leg, hand, foot, kneecoat, hat, scarf, zip, sock, gloverun, walk, skip, hop, fast, slow, stop, shopred, blue, green, black,knife, fork, spoon, plate, bowl, panbread, cheese, meat, soup, jam, cake

And... By reading to your child lots of lovely stories and

asking lots of questions!

Use these prompts to help you:

What is that character thinking?

What is the character saying?

What do you

think that character is

feeling now?

What is happening?

What do you think happens next?

And... By talking to your child as much as possible and

‘feeding’ them new and different words:

“Let’s eat our lunch now.”“Let’s munch our lunch now.”“Let’s scoff our lunch now.”“Let’s devour our lunch now!”

You’re looking ...not just...but...I’m not just... I’m....!

And... By enriching conversations through description:

“Look at that rain. It looks like little diamonds sparkling on the window pane!”

By having fun with words and language.

“I’m as hot as a spud in a cooking pot!”

By praising your child for using new words or interesting images

And... By having a look at the parents’ pages on the web

for tips and resources for supporting your child at home:

www.ruthmiskinliteracy.com

Type into google Ruth Miskin Phoneme pronunciation guide to watch a clip about how to pronounce the sounds or follow the link below:

https://global.oup.com/education/content/primary/teaching-support/pages/rwi/?region=uk#

Thank you...

Happy reading!